Police arrested Otwell at Holt Middle School. He has been with the school for a few weeks and supervised the in-school suspension program. Police said they don’t think he was selling drugs to children.

“I don’t know that children were necessarily targeted,” said Fayetteville Police Sgt. Craig Stout. “A lot of times you are looking at people trying to enhance their athletic ability or, you know, their physique, some of the body builders, things of that nature.”

Authorities said the drug task force had been investigating Otwell for about two months. A police report indicated authorities found steroids and items used to weigh and package the illegal drug when they searched his home.

Stout said the case was unusual as far as drug investigations go.

“We don’t see too many cases of this nature involving steroids,” Stout said. “I mean, we have seen a few over the years, but it’s not a very common occurrence.”

Neighbor Jim Burns said he was surprised.

“It’s shocking to me. A guy lives that close to us and all this going on, and we didn’t know nothing about it,” Burns said.

Otwell is expected in court next week. The school district suspended him until the investigation is complete.